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How funny is it for a law firm to instruct a comedian to help it with communication issues? Well, Duane Morris addressed its communication problems just that way and . . it worked, they say.

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How funny is it for a law firm to instruct a comedian to help it with communication issues? Well, Duane Morris addressed its communication problems just that way and . . it worked, they say. Law Marketing expert Robert Ambrogi reports on what happened with Duane Morris. International law firm Duane Morris had a problem. […]

How funny is it for a law firm to instruct a comedian to help it with communication issues? Well, Duane Morris addressed its communication problems just that way and . . it worked, they say. Read More »

It’s always a top question . . what are the best law schools to go to. And the National Law Journal has come out with the University of Pennsylvania Law School as Number 1 in their ranking.

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The best law schools in the US have been ranked by the National Law Journal according to the percentage of 2011 juris doctor graduates. The law school rankings always generates controversy and argument as to how it should be calculated, but the NLJ notes that among the 50 schools in their survey, 22 per cent

It’s always a top question . . what are the best law schools to go to. And the National Law Journal has come out with the University of Pennsylvania Law School as Number 1 in their ranking. Read More »

Law firms face multiple challenges in 2012, not the least being the pressure on expenses says a new report from Thomson Reuters and Citibank.

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Law firms are facing “a year of challenge and uncertainty” in 2012, forcing them to scramble to find innovative solutions in the face of soft demand and increasing costs, according to a new report from Reuters The forecast was released Wednesday in the annual client advisory by the Hildebrandt Institute, a division of Thomson Reuters,

Law firms face multiple challenges in 2012, not the least being the pressure on expenses says a new report from Thomson Reuters and Citibank. Read More »

She was hailed as an “unstoppable force for justice,” but crusading LA attorney Gigi Gordon couldn’t stop the multiple sclerosis and pain that eventually overcame her. And another great lawyer has gone.

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Gigi Gordon, a crusading criminal defense lawyer who battled corrupt police and overzealous prosecutors to free dozens of prisoners who had been wrongfully convicted, committed suicide after struggling with multiple sclerosis and depression. She was 54. Gordon, who had been sinking deeper into despair over the last year as her debilitating illness eroded her intellect

She was hailed as an “unstoppable force for justice,” but crusading LA attorney Gigi Gordon couldn’t stop the multiple sclerosis and pain that eventually overcame her. And another great lawyer has gone. Read More »

A new UK law firm merger, between McGrigors and Pinsent Masons,would create the 12th largest law firm in Britain by turnover, according to a report from British legal magazine The Lawyer

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McGrigors and Pinsent Masons are preparing the ground for a potential merger in a deal that would make the combined firm the 12th largest in the UK by turnover. The firms today confirmed that they are holding merger talks, with partners due to vote on the deal by February. In a joint statement to The

A new UK law firm merger, between McGrigors and Pinsent Masons,would create the 12th largest law firm in Britain by turnover, according to a report from British legal magazine The Lawyer Read More »

Mitch McDeere the hero of John Grisham’s blockbuster law novel is coming to the small screen with a new TV series for those who couldn’t get enough of the lawyer-on-the-run.

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You would have thought Mitch McDeere would have learned by now. Back in the 1993 film “The Firm,” the idealistic young attorney (played by Tom Cruise) helped the Feds bring down the biggest law firm in Memphis with a mob family as its client. The mob boss then set his sights on McDeere and his

Mitch McDeere the hero of John Grisham’s blockbuster law novel is coming to the small screen with a new TV series for those who couldn’t get enough of the lawyer-on-the-run. Read More »

It is true that onscreen lawyers often are portrayed as over the top and find themselves in implausible situations. But some films offer useful insights into the skills lawyers need to be successful, according to a new book by Creighton University School of Law’s Kelly Lynn Anders.

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Lawyers could learn a few things about conveying compassion from Gregory Peck’s onscreen portrayal of Atticus Finch in the classic movie To Kill A Mockingbird. Negotiation skills feature throughout 12 Angry Men, and if you want some insight into keen lawyerly timing, look no further than the 1957 movie, Witness for the Prosecution. That film,

It is true that onscreen lawyers often are portrayed as over the top and find themselves in implausible situations. But some films offer useful insights into the skills lawyers need to be successful, according to a new book by Creighton University School of Law’s Kelly Lynn Anders. Read More »

IP litigation may be his main bag of tricks, but for Cravath Swaine litigator David Herrington, saving a man from Tennessee’s death row has become something the fifth year Big Law associate has become passionate about. And he’s just achieved another step towards moving his client off death row.

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In a pro bono victory for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton lawyers, a Tennessee appeals court has vacated the 1985 felony murder conviction of former death row inmate Erskine Johnson and remanded his case for a new trial. The decision—issued on December 9 by the Tennessee Criminal Appeals Court in Jackson—was in large part the

IP litigation may be his main bag of tricks, but for Cravath Swaine litigator David Herrington, saving a man from Tennessee’s death row has become something the fifth year Big Law associate has become passionate about. And he’s just achieved another step towards moving his client off death row. Read More »

Cravath’s have largely acted as the barometer for the profitability of the legal business and this year things are looking decidedly ‘average’ if the levelling-off of year-end bonuses are anything to go by.

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The venerable New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP on Monday welcomed its lawyers back from the holiday break with what could be read as a sobering message on the financial state of the legal economy. The firm said it would keep its year-end bonuses to associate attorneys mostly at 2010 levels. The

Cravath’s have largely acted as the barometer for the profitability of the legal business and this year things are looking decidedly ‘average’ if the levelling-off of year-end bonuses are anything to go by. Read More »

‘The Atlantic’s’ Jordan Weissman took a look at American law schools and the fact that they may have considerably more than an image problem. They have a practical one, too.

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American law schools are suffering a bit of an image problem. Thanks to a determined group of writers known as “scam bloggers,” it’s now an open secret that many schools admit far more students than will ever be able to find jobs after graduation. These student often leave campus with six figures of debt and,

‘The Atlantic’s’ Jordan Weissman took a look at American law schools and the fact that they may have considerably more than an image problem. They have a practical one, too. Read More »

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